contineo

From con- (“together”) +‎ teneō (“I hold”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ne.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ne.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːneo]

contineō (present infinitive continēre, perfect active continuī, supine contentum); second conjugation

1. to hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain

   Synonyms: obtineō, servō, teneō, apprehendō, prehendō, retineō, comprehendō, praeservō, cū̆stōdiō

2. to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround
3. (of places) to enclose, bound, limit; comprise

   Synonyms: includo, claudo, obsideo

4. to fasten, to hold in position, to post

   Synonyms: imponō, collocō, locō, sistō, struō, ponō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.19:

     Hoc se colle interruptis pontibus Galli fiducia loci continebant

     Having destroyed the bridges, the Gauls, in confidence of the position, posted themselves on this hill

5. to detain, restrain, repress, enclose

   Synonyms: retineō, arceō, includō, teneō, cohibeō, claudō

6. to check, curb, stop, tame, subdue

   Synonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, perimō, inclūdō, intersaepiō, cohibeō, retineō, impediō, arceō, reprimō, supprimō, comprimō, premō, moror

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō

7. to comprise, involve, contain

   Synonyms: complector, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, amplector

• “contineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains: altissimis montibus undique contineri
    
  • Gaul is bounded by the Rhone.[TR1: Gallia Rhodano continetur (vid. sect. V. 4., note contineri aliqua re...)
    
  • four successive days: quattuor dies continui
    
  • to hold one's breath: animam continere
    
  • to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
    
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
    
  • to depend upon a thing: contineri aliqua re
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid coniectura nititur, continetur (Div. 1. 14. 24)
    
  • to be brought up under strict discipline: severa disciplina contineri
    
  • theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
    
  • the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro continetur aliquid
    
  • to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
    
  • to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
    
  • to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates
    
  • to hold the people in one's power, in check: plebem continere
    
  • to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • to keep the troops in camp: copias castris continere
    
  • to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)